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N essential feature of the twentieth eentury 
suburban and country home is the veranda 
which in the last few years has developed 
from a small roofed over annex, where oc- 
sionally one paused to rest, or to chat with 
a friend, to the spacious outdoor living-room of the pres- 
ent time where during the summer season the home life 
practically centers.| 
It is no longer the 
convenient ornamen- 
tal appendage, or 
the ‘simple porch 
stretched across the 
entrance front of the 
house, but a useful 
and _ valuable  ad- 
junct, carefully 
planned and com- 
fortably furnished, 
and it bids fair in the 
near future of being 
even more amply de- 
veloped than at the 
present time. 
Love of life in the 
open is responsible to 
a considerable  ex- very little shadow- 
tent for the - rapid ing at the ceiling, - 
rise into popular fa- and that the piers, 
vor of this feature, columns, or _ posts 
and as the health that support the 
giving fad _ gained ; roof shall be just 
additional devotees b sufficient to carry 
so the improvement PORCH ON THE DUDLEY L. PICKMAN HOUSE its weight, as more 
of the veranda be- AT BEVERLY COVE would hide the 
came more pro- view and also be ob- 
nounced. The fresh air advocates were not long in rec- jectionable in other ways. Whether the veranda shall 
ognizing that the veranda brought people together out 
of doors and gradually became the general assemblage 
place of the family, and they quickly set to work to 
make it into a living-room as comfortable and attrac- 
tive as the one indoors supplies with cosy nooks for 
lounging, reading and smoking, and equipped with com- 
fortable chairs, a table or two for books, papers and 
flowers, a couple of hammocks, and pots of growing 
plants. The veranda thus became a spot of beauty; the 
seed of its usefulness was sown, and we have not even 
yet fully reaped the benefits of its fruits. 
The location of this important adjunct is causing 
present day architects no little concern, for they realize 
it must be placed as advantageously as possible, and that 
it must be as large and attractive as the amount al- 
lowed by the home-builder for this purpose will permit. 
The increased use of porches as dining-rooms and living- 
rooms calls for ample areas, but the veranda must not 
unduly darken the rooms which give upon it, and care 
should be taken that these rooms are supplied with wide 
windows and with lofty ceilings. 
The principal advantage of the veranda is the semi- 
privacy which it affords, being a happy compromise be- 
tween the freedom and freshness of the outdoor world, 
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and the pleasing seclusion of indoor life, and therefore 
it should be arranged with this idea in mind. Country 
homes are generally quite secluded and free from the 
serutinity of pedestrians, but occasionally one is found 
that is in full view of the main highway, and such a 
house requires a screening for its veranda. One of the 
most effective ways of screening such a porch is to use 
shades made of 
wooden slats closely 
woven and _ stained 
dark 
brown. These shades 
modify the heat of 
the sun and in addi- 
tion afford seclusion 
to the hostess and 
of refreshments or 
afternoon tea in this 
open air apartment. 
The main point to 
be borne in mind in 
erecting a veranda 
for a country house 
open as possible with 
be enclosed with a railing or not depends partly upon 
the style of the architecture of the house and partly upon 
the taste of the owner. Sometimes the spaces between 
the posts are left vacant; again, they are filled in with 
potted plants or boxes filled with flowers. If the rail- 
ing is used it must be constructed of material harmon- 
izing in finish with the general scheme of the house, so 
as not to add an inartistie touch to an otherwise harmon- 
ous whole. Low rails of stone or wood have their ad- 
vantages, for they furnish support for artistic trellises, 
over which pretty flowering vines can be trained to 
clamber, and thus are a distinct embellishment to a ver- 
anda no matter how charming it may already be. 
Many country homes of the present are supplied with 
a separate veranda that is used as a breakfast room. It 
is generally connected with the dining-room, or located 
in close proximity to the butler’s pantry for convenience 
of service, and furnishes a delightful nook in which to 
partake of the morning meal, permeated as it is with 
fresh, health-giving air, and surrounded by Nature at 
her best, with the merry notes of the feathered song- 
sters sounding a hearty greeting. At first a fad, the 
porch breakfast has now become almost a necessity, and 
many an enthusiastic suburbanite partakes of the first — 
meal in the open air from early spring until the biting 
green or. 
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